Stuart Percy, a cerebral defenceman drafted 25th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of last summer’s NHL draft, is still not skating more than a month after suffering a concussion in a game with his junior hockey team.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Colby Armstrong was concussed in a game Saturday night but kept his symptoms a secret from the team until Monday afternoon, when he vomited, experienced blurred vision and provided an example of the challenges facing concussion awareness advocates in professional sports

The law of physics has caught up to Chris Pronger again. Remember? The then-Anaheim Ducks skyscraper drove the head of Detroit’s Tomas Holmstrom into the glass in Game 3 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Western final

Charles Darwin is not around to consult on this point, but there is quite a bit of scientific evidence — maybe not enough to sway the National Hockey League, but a fair amount — to suggest that the evolution of the species didn’t just happen in the past year

In the press release, the Carolina Hurricanes pointed out how Jeff Skinner, their 19-year-old phenom, was not only the team leader in goals (12), but also in points, and mentioned how the last two games he missed were the first two games he has missed in his career